Preventing and Responding to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) with a special focus on Syrian Conflict related Sexual Violence, through Capacity Building, Advocacy and Knowledge Products

Preventing and Responding to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) with a special focus on Syrian Conflict related Sexual Violence, through Capacity Building, Advocacy and Knowledge Products

Overview

Status: Active

Project duration: 01 January 2017-31 August 2018

Rational and Aim

After almost six years of crisis and displacement, SGBV has been identified as one of the main protection risks affecting women and girls in Lebanon. The local and institutional capacities to address SGBV related issues are deeply challenged by the cultural conceptions and the scope of the influx. The need for proxy-actors, including law enforcement actors at local level, to be better tooled to contribute to SGBV prevention and response has been documented in the context of the Syria crisis.

This project aims at increasing protection of Syrian and Lebanese communities affected by the Syrian crisis against SGBV. Building on past achievements of UNDP and UNFPA, the project will develop the capacities of relevant national and local institutions and engage stakeholders and tools to raise public awareness on the issue of SGBV in the crisis context.

Expected Results

· Capacity of law enforcement sector enhanced to respond to the needs of SGBV survivors in a safe and ethical way through:

o A specific curriculum for Lebanese Judges institutionalized at the Institute of Judicial Studies

o A specific curriculum for the Municipal Police developed and piloted with Municipalities

· Generation of evidence and knowledge products supported in order to better target specific SGBV prevention and response intervention through: